Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.

Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; may be the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. 

Landslides, cloudbursts, and what not—the hill folks have to contend with more than their share of woes.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God. 

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.

Nay, do not pinni, tho' life be dark with trouble.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.